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Walnut Producers of California v. Diamond Foods, Inc.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
In plaintiff-walnut producers' class action suit against Diamond Foods, claiming that defendant breached an agreement by failing to pay them the...

Malack v. BDO Seidman, LLP

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In plaintiff's putative securities fraud class action against an accounting firm that assisted American Business Financial Services, Inc. (American...

In Re: Ins. Brokerage Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Insurance Law
In multiple putative class actions against insurers and insurance brokers, claiming massive conspiracies throughout the insurance industry related to...

Szekeres v. CSX Transp. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's action against his employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) and the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA), district court's...

Fisher v. DCH Temecula Imports LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit for injunctive relief, restitution, rescission, and damages both on her own behalf and as a class action lawsuit against an...

Wolfson v. Brammer

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In an action by a candidate for judicial office in Arizona, challenging several canons of the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct (Code) that restricted...

Johnson v. Gruma Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's confirmation of an arbitration award in favor of defendant, the order is affirmed where: 1) the...

El-Tabech v. Clarke

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by a Muslim inmate alleging that prison officials were violating his religious rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Land...

ACORN v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action challenging provisions in several federal appropriations laws barring the distribution of federal funds to ACORN and its affiliates,...

Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Government Law, International Law
In an action by an American citizen whose grandmother's Pissarro painting was allegedly confiscated in 1939 by an agent of the Nazi government in...